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I can certainly imagine that places with very significant academic assets and research revenue like Stanford and Northwestern will opt out, but that's quite different than saying every FBS school or their fans will refuse to play the new SCOTUS mandated game.  Oddly, some of the fans in some regions of the USA may take great pride in knowing their State U can outlast states/schools unwilling or unable to pony up.

When this all shakes out several years down the road (but maybe fewer than 10), it will be most interesting to see what schools are "in" and which ones opt out.  Think most of agree Stanford will opt out.  I suspect Northwestern does, too, though football in the midwest is a big deal.  Vandy?  Notre Dame?  (Think most of suspect they will stay "in" - and they will then firmly assume the mantle of "best real college competing at top echelon of sports").  In the Pac 12, I'd say SC and Oregon are "in" for sure.  The rest . . . no clue.

I think making any guess about what will unfold is probably pointless. Too many variables. Football has become less and less popular at the college level in many parts of the country. There is also lots of pressure on state governments to spend wisely. Faculties are also questioning the place of athletics at the universities. I would not be surprised to see many "public" schools that nobody now expects to drop sports will do exactly that. If somehow a less frenetic student-athlete version of college sports can emerge, they will continue. I think that is what college faculty wants and also what the majority of the public will support. It will take legislation to make that legally possible.

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I can certainly imagine that places with very significant academic assets and research revenue like Stanford and Northwestern will opt out, but that's quite different than saying every FBS school or their fans will refuse to play the new SCOTUS mandated game.  Oddly, some of the fans in some regions of the USA may take great pride in knowing their State U can outlast states/schools unwilling or unable to pony up.

When this all shakes out several years down the road (but maybe fewer than 10), it will be most interesting to see what schools are "in" and which ones opt out.  Think most of agree Stanford will opt out.  I suspect Northwestern does, too, though football in the midwest is a big deal.  Vandy?  Notre Dame?  (Think most of suspect they will stay "in" - and they will then firmly assume the mantle of "best real college competing at top echelon of sports").  In the Pac 12, I'd say SC and Oregon are "in" for sure.  The rest . . . no clue.

I think making any guess about what will unfold is probably pointless. Too many variables. Football has become less and less popular at the college level in many parts of the country. There is also lots of pressure on state governments to spend wisely. Faculties are also questioning the place of athletics at the universities. I would not be surprised to see many "public" schools that nobody now expects to drop sports will do exactly that. If somehow a less frenetic student-athlete version of college sports can emerge, they will continue. I think that is what college faculty wants and also what the majority of the public will support. It will take legislation to make that legally possible.